This development site proposal is totally unacceptable. As it was back in 2018 and 2016 and 2014 and before. The same old offering but this time a sweetener of a primary school and doctors surgery. The inclusion of a provision for a Primary school would alleviate some strain on the existing local over subscribed schools but does not take into account the additional intake at the High School which this would inevitably cause.. This may go a small way but it will not fully benefit the rest of Taverham which is already oversubscribed for schools and doctors . This is supposedly a village. Yes a village?? So 1400 houses extra, in lamens terms will increase the population if you average every house with at least 2 people living at each property to 2800 extra residents not forgetting the majority of these new homes will be 3, 4 or 5 bedrooms so 2800 is very conservative figures and realistically we are looking at more nearer 4200 extra residents. Moving on to car movements well as we can see from the existing Thorpe Marriott that most houses have at least 2 cars per family. so we are looking at similar numbers for extra car movements on local roads per day
A new development of 1400 homes on this site would have a detrimental effect on the existing community.
The existing road network already struggles even with the new NDR in place. At least 1400 additional car movements can be expected on local roads if this development was to go ahead adding to the overcrowding already experienced. The extra traffic will bring additional noise and pollution issues.
What impact will this additional land grab have on the environment. The impact on wildlife and the flora and fauna. This is an area that is enjoyed by many residents for its open space easy access to Marriotts Way and able to enjoy the countryside on our doorstep. To lose this is far too important.
This area still has a village feel at present and appeal but any large development means we shall lose our village feel and become even closer to being just another suburb of Norwich. with house upon houses as far as the eye can see.
Why does the development have to be so large? Why does it have to be on Greenfield sites? You only have to look at the development of Queens Hills to see how bad these size of developments can be. Surely several smaller sites would be a better option to be blended in to existing communities instead of such a large development which will be a big blot on our community.
This development would almost double the size and area of the existing area of Thorpe Marriott
This is not the first time the site and development has been proposed and pops up every time there is a development plan. This proposal as last time and was rejected before on the same issues. Nothing has changed so this site proposal should be rejected again based on previous proposals that appear every 2 years.